[caevent]

Hi all,

I'm a three-day eventer, but I have a horse who has a tremendous amount of potential in the jumper ring who I'm interested in selling. Where do you think my time/money is best spent to advertise? Thanks in advance!

[goodlife]

bigeq.com or hunterjumperexchange.com. In all honesty though, if I'm looking to spend big bucks, I wouldn't be looking on websites. Getting a reputable name attached to the horse will get it the high dollar exposure much faster than any website listing.

[hunterrider23]

exchangehunterjumper.com and bigeq.com are the only places I bother looking. Other than that I would only go through a trainer.

[findeight]

I think most potential buyers looking at those 2 sites are looking at proven high quality Jumpers, not young, untested prospects. Also read into your post you want a decent price for him?

Best way to sell is going to be getting it with a trainer who can get it to the ring at decent heights against decent competition to prove what it can do. Also consider that most trainers will have a number of sale horses or be able to present yours at a show where buyer can see others. In this economy, buyers are not going to flock to see a single horse well off the beaten track when they can see 6 in a day with a vet easily available.

Tough market.

[Rye]

Ditto what Findeight said

[DancingQueen]

proequest.com

professionals only website so you can expect serious enquirys

[DancingQueen]

Also, shooling videos to highlight some special bonuses with your horse that might not be showcased in the ring is fine, but I really want to see a video from a show and I want the horse to jump clean on that video so I can show it to my customer. My customer will not understand that it was a tricky course or that you missed your distance, he will just see that the horse knocked a rail down.

Video tape every single show you go to just in case you need a sales video!

I get that it's not always possible, but everytime I see the 5 jump schooling video I think to myself, I wonder how many takes before they got that one right... I'm much more inclined to overlook a horse dong a bunny hop over a jump at a show because I know it was for real and in the heat of the moment. <a scooling video will have to be close to perfect or at least a 12-14 jump course so I know I'm not watching take 23 of the same thing!